Mission

The Getty Conservation Institute works to advance conservation practice in the visual arts, broadly interpreted to include objects, collections, architecture, and sites. It serves the conservation community through scientific research, education and training, model field projects, and the broad dissemination of the results of both its own work and the work of others in the field. In all its endeavors, the Conservation Institute focuses on the creation and dissemination of knowledge that will benefit the professionals and organizations responsible for the conservation of the world's cultural heritage.

Values

Excellence

Making a Difference

Innovation understood in the broadest sense as meaning not strictly "invention" but also developing novel approaches, pushing boundaries, creating knowledge

Leadership helping to shape and advance the profession, both technically and in its social dimension